Wife’s arrogance crashes 16-year-old marriage

Mr Ademola Odunade, the President of a Customary Court sitting in Mapo, Ibadan, on Monday dissolved a 16 year-old marriage between Opeyemi Aremu and his wife, Tolade, citing wife’s arrogance and disobedience.

The court also awarded the custody of the four children of the marriage to Opeyemi, noting “ he has demonstrated that he has capacity to take care of them”.

Odunade said he decided to dissolve the union as a result of lack of love between them. The petitioner, Opeyemi, who resides at Orita-Aperin, had told the court that his wife Tolade was arrogant and insolent.

“My Lord, I wish I did not marry Tolade; may be things would have been better for me today. Tolade is frustrating and troubling me.

“Arrogance is her watchword as I mean nothing to her. Not only does she disrespect me, Tolade is also rude to everybody around me.

“Worst still, she is highly disobedient to me because she does not take instructions from me. She also accused me of preventing her from having access to the children.

“My Lord, Tolade recently brought three policemen to arrest me, accusing me of forcefully entering into my own house and moving out my property.

“She has since September 2016 parked out from my house and there is no more love between us,” Opeyemi said.

However, Tolade, a trader, objected to the divorce, saying “I still love Opeyemi”.

“My lord, there is no dispute between Opeyemi and I. My observation is that some women in the church we attend have been bringing food for him and he has since stopped eating my food.

“The senior pastor of our church is the major problem between Opeyemi and I because he wanted him to part ways with me.”

The estranged wife continued: “Later on, the pastor asked us to move into an apartment within his residence where he started misleading my husband.

“In fact, that pastor dissuaded Opeyemi from performing his `conjugal duties’ to me.”

-NAN

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Man brutally murders wife for converting to Christianity

A 42-year-old man identified as Amir Darbanou, has reportedly murdered his 35-year-old wife, Nasrin Abek, for converting to Christianity in Sydney, Australia. The suspect and his wife were originally from Iran but had been living in Australia for the past four years, the Sydney Morning Herald is reporting.

Reports say the suspect, who had been growing increasingly angry with his wife, a hairdresser, and believed she had been unfaithful religiously, stabbed her multiple times with a knife, inside their Potts Point unit apartment in St Neot Avenue on Wednesday.

Her body was however discovered at about 6:20 am on Thursday by the police after her father reportedly alerted the police.

According to the deceased’s father, hereceived a ‘disturbing’ phone call from his son-in-law, Darbanou on Wednesday telling him his daughter was dead and on Thursday morning, police visited the scene where they found Abek’s body with multiple stab wounds.

The father said he had earlier raised concerns to the police about his daughter’s welfare in her husband’s house, following her conversion, before the unfortunate incident leading to her violent death.

According to the report, there was no previous history of domestic violence between the couple, until that night when some claimed to have heard a piercing scream around the time she may have been murdered.

Meanwhile, the suspect appeared before Central Local Court on Friday, facing a one-count of murder.
A Kings Cross Police Superintendent, Michael Fitzgerald, was quoted to have said police had recovered what was possibly the weapon used to kill Ms. Abek from the tip where the rubbish from the unit block was dumped.

Fitzgerald said, “We are not looking at any other suspects in this matter. It is alleged that the son-in-law told [the father] certain things which brought the concern from the father to speak with police today.

“There was no known history of domestic violence between the pair. Any incident of violence, let alone domestic violence, is tragic and we ask anyone if they’ve got any information about any loved one or any friend who may be involved in any domestic incident to come forward, to contact us, because we need to know,” the police Superintendent stated.

The magistrate, Les Mabbott, reportedly adjourned the case till November 24.

-DP

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My husband beats my mother – Wife tells court

A trader, Mrs Happiness Ama, who could no longer tolerate constant beating of her mother by her husband, on Thursday sought to end her marriage.

Happiness, 41, approached an Igando Customary Court in Lagos, saying that her husband, Jerry, with whom she had three children in their 21-year-old marriage, turned her mother into a punching bag.

She said, “My husband beats my mother regularly; the police have warned him to stop the assault but he continued.”

She also alleged that her husband had threatened to kill her if she left him. She said, “My husband always threatens me; there was a day he brought out a cutlass telling me that he would cut off my head if I left.

“He also threatened to pour acid on me so that no man would be attracted to me. Due to his threat, I can no longer sleep with my two eyes closed.

“I have not been at peace since l got married; he is quarrelsome and violent.”

The petitioner said that their marriage had been ridden with fights and quarrels. She said, “I am tired of the beating he gives to me and my mother. I have scars all over my body as a proof of his abuse; I am scared; I don’t want to die.”

She urged the court to terminate the marriage, saying that she was no longer interested.

She said, “Since the inception of our marriage, my husband never paid house rent nor his children’s school fees.

“Save me from the cruel hands of my husband; I have suffered so much in silence.” Jerry, 60, failed to appear in court.

The Court President, Mr Adegboyega Omilola, directed the court registrar to serve the respondent summons.

He adjourned the case till Oct. 11 for mention

- NAN

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